Open AccessAssociation of childhood cancer with factors related to pregnancy and birth
Author(s) -
Joachim Schüz,
Peter Kaatsch,
Uwe Kaletsch,
Rolf Meinert,
J. Michaelis
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/28.4.631
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , odds ratio , epidemiology , case control study , population , obstetrics , incidence (geometry) , risk factor , pediatrics , infertility , environmental health , genetics , physics , optics , biology
It has been hypothesized that risk factors of childhood cancers may already operate during the prenatal and neonatal period. Results of previous epidemiological studies have been inconsistent.
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